How can GMO be used to increase yields? Louise Petri is a PhD student at the University of Copenhagen. She studies plant development and how knowledge about the functioning of proteins can be applied to obtain beneficial traits. Department & Group: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences (PLEN), PBIO Supervisors: Fernando Geu-Flores and Stephan Wenkel […]
#35 Louise: Facilitating greater harvest and good timing Read More »
How to safely return nutrients in human feces to agricultural fields? Asta Hooge Poulsen is a PhD fellow at Roskilde University and conducts research on nutrient recovery from sewage sludge for agricultural use. She studies how different sludge treatments impact the fitness of sludge for field application and its implications for soil health. Department &
#33 Asta: From feces to farm – closing nutrient loops Read More »
How to future-proof agriculture? Nazerke Amangeldy is a PhD student at Ghent University and studies precision-farming in combination with bio-based fertilisers. By providing farmers with accurate information about the characteristics of his or her field, farmers can optimise their fertilisation strategie. Optimal fertiliser application maximises plant growth and minimises nutrient leakages, which prevents hazardous effects
#26 Nazerke: Bringing precision-farming and bio-based fertilisers together Read More »
How can we transition from mineral to biobased fertilisers? Lærke Wester Larsen is a PhD student at the University of Copenhagen and part of the EU project LEX4BIO. Within LEX4BIO, scientists aim to optimise biobased fertilisers and to provide knowledge as basis for policies regarding the use of such fertilisers. Lærke looks at how well
#23 Lærke: From bio-waste to fertiliser Read More »
Can nitrogen mineral fertilisers be replaced by processed and manure-derived biobased fertilisers? Hongzhen Luo (罗红祯) is a PhD fellow at Ghent University (UGent). She conducts research on biobased fertilisers derived from animal manure and on their ability to replace mineral fertilisers. With her research she aims to contribute to closing nutrient loops in agriculture. Department
# 15 Hongzhen: Nitrogen use efficiencies of biobased fertilisers Read More »
How do changes in land use and plant community affect the activity of soil microbes and their carbon use efficiency? Louis Dufour is a PhD student at the Swedish University of Agricultural Science (SLU). He conducts field experiments to see how microbial communities in the soil respond to changes in plant communities in terms of
#10 Louis: Soil microbial responses to land use change Read More »
How can manure replace mineral fertilisers in apple orchards and how can satellite images help improve vineyard fertilisation? Catarina Martins Esteves is a PhD student at the University of Lisbon and part of the EU Horizon 2020 project Nutri2Cycle. Department and Section: Instituto Superior de Agronomia University supervisors: Henrique Ribeiro, David Fangueiro and Ricardo Braga
#9 Catarina: Orchard manure fertilisation, vineyards and satellite images Read More »
Nelly is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Copenhagen. She conducts research on organic and mineral forms of phosphorus fertiliser. She explores its plant-availability and models its fate in the soil to optimise its application. Institute: Department of Geoscience and Natural Ressource Management – Geography Nelly did her PhD at the University of Copenhagen,
#7 Nelly: Phosphorous fertilisation, plant-availability and use-efficiency Read More »
How can mixing different animal manures together enhance their value and increase their ability to replace mineral fertilisers? Joana Prado is a PhD student at the University of Lisbon and she is part of the EU project Nutri2Cycle. Department and Section: Instituto Superior de Agronomia University supervisor: David Fangueiro, Paula Alvarenga and Henrique Ribeiro Dissertation
#6 Joana: Designing organic fertilisers by blending animal manures Read More »
How to enhance the plant availability of phosphorus of biowaste-derived biochars and ashes? Clara is a Marie-Curie PhD student at the University of Copenhagen and part of the EU project FertiCycle. She conducts research on biochars and ashes and on how to increase their fertiliser value. Department and Section: Department of Plant and Environmental Science,
#5 Clara: Biochars & ashes as bio-based fertilisers Read More »